Dayton, OH
Details
- Dimensions
- 26ʺW × 2ʺD × 30ʺH
- Styles
- Realism
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Portrait
- Period
- Late 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Canvas
- Wood
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Good Overall - wear to plexiglass/frame Good Overall - wear to plexiglass/frame less
- Description
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Late 20th century oil painting on canvas after "Portrait of a Halberdier" (sometimes claimed to be a portrait of Cosimo …
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Late 20th century oil painting on canvas after "Portrait of a Halberdier" (sometimes claimed to be a portrait of Cosimo I de Medici) by Jacopo Carrucci da Pontormo. Depicts a young soldier wearing a sword and leaning on a halberd. Tile patterned black wood frame with textured edge and plexiglass front.
Portrait of a Halberdier, The Halberdier or Man with a Halberd is a 1529-1530 or 1537 oil painting by Pontormo, originally painted on panel and later transferred to canvas. It is now in the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. A preparatory drawing now in Florence's Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe shows the figure in a more frontal and less contraposto pose. It was long thought to show Francesco Guardi, a very young soldier of the Florentine Republic during the Siege of Florence, since Vasari's Lives of the Artists records a portrait of Guardi by Pontormo. Others have argued it shows a young Cosimo I de' Medici after his victory at the 1537 Battle of Montemurlo, based on a note in a historic inventory. The work is recorded in the Riccardi family collection in Florence before passing through a number of other private collections. In May 1989 it was auctioned to its present owner for 32.5 million dollars, the highest price for an old master painting up to that date.
Jacopo Pontormo was born in 1494 near Empoli, and called Jacopo Carrucci da Pontormo, after his birthplace. He was a pupil of Andrea del Sarto and his work was greatly influenced by Michelangelo. He worked both as a portraitist and in fresco. He painted many portraits of the Medici family. Angelo Bronzino was his pupil and assistant. He died in 1556.
Dimensions:
26" x 2" x 30" / Sans Frame - 19.25" x 23.25" (Width x Depth x Height) less
Dayton, OH
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